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Suprised I have only got pushback from a monitor perspective, although perhaps I shouldn't be.

My desk is as long as it can be, though I may look at re-arranging my desk and just drop from a triple to dual monitor setup to allow for a 27" display.

Looking for 24" as I'm using a multimonitor setup and 24 is the largest which will fit on my desk. Don't want to use an ultrawide as I like the physical seperation of multiple monitors. I was thinking Gsync and 144Hz though so will take that into consideration.

So I am building a new system ready for Cyberpunk 2077 - 1st world problem being that the new machine is easily going ot outperform my existing 60Hz monitors. The honest truth is I just don't understand how to compare the various panel types, refresh rates, resolutions to get the most out of what I am doing. So my aim is to find a 24" monitor with a preference for colour and resolution over refresh rates. I usually play RTS, RPG, dungeon crawler type games so won't really be playing anything 'twitchy' enough to justify really high refresh rates. Can anyone provide some guidance/ suggestions?

Think you'll find I have plenty of my inital budget left over to get a monitor, might ask about which would be best in the monitor section later, really don't understand how best to compare them.

I'm not too worried about that at this point, might get something like 144Hz monitor down the line but willing to overspec on a PC now even if my monitor can't keep up. Are games better at parallel processing now than I thought? Was fairly sure even modern games didn't really use more than a few cores, certainly not 12.

Budget: £4000 Country: England - United Kingdom Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming - Cyberpunk 2077, maybe some light/ infrequent Virtual Machine use. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/L332RT CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Reasoning: Actually planning for a 5900X here, but can't select that from PPP at the moment. Also considering a 5950X, appreciate that the diminishing returns for that would be minimal but can afford it unless someone wants to talk me out of it. CPU Cooler: ARCTIC LIQUID FREEZER II 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Reasoning: Seems to be the best 360mm AIO currently available or close enough to be negligable. Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX4 4 g Thermal Paste Reasoning: Seems to be one of the best available, I don’t understand the application of Metallic Paste or Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut to make it worth the ~1.5 degree difference. Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PRO (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard Reasoning: This is the part I am least suire about, has all the features I’d need, as far as I can tell the other X570 motherboards are similar enough not to matter. Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory Reasoning: Already have this, got a deal on it. Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB with Heatsink Reasoning: Already have, got a deal on it during Prime Day Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB TUF GAMING Video Card Reasoning: I trust the brand is the main reasoning, doesn’t suffer from the issues we saw with some of the other 3080 cards, might substitute with Gigabyte RTX3080 10GB Gaming OC. Guess it all depends what/ when I can actually get a 3080 :’( Case: Phanteks Eclipse P500A ATX Mid Tower Case Reasoning: Mostly because it seems to be one of the best cases for airflow. Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Reasoning: Good brand with plenty of wattage headroom, that’s it. Case Fan: ARCTIC P14 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan Reasoning: For rear fan mount of case, largest supported. As far as I’m aware Artic fans have comparable outcomes to Noctua equivalents, unless someone can demonstrate otherwise? Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 Reasoning: Three of these to fill in the remaining case fan slots, as above, believe they benchmark near identical to the equivalent Noctua’s but at half the price. Any comments/ suggestions etc will be much appreciated, haven't build a computer from scratch in about 10 years (still rocking a i5-2500) so if I've missed any developments I've missed as suggested by the above just let me know.

The answer depends on whether you want free anti-virus or willing to pay, one of the best places to check for something like this would be av-test and/or av-compatrives. The short answer: For free: Panda Free + MBAM Payed: F-Secure Internet Security 2015 + MBAM I personally use Kaspersky Internet Security, largely because I get it free from my bank. Remember that although an anti-virus, common sense and MalwareBytes will deal with the majority of threats it is always worth using other tools e.g. anti-spyware.

Very interesting, personally I use OpenDNS' DNSCrypt so there isn't much point me swapping without sacrificing the encryption. Great tool though.

Ok, thats fine but did you mention this because you're interested in finding more stuff you like? What do you think it is about Eureka 7 that you liked but aren't getting from other anime you've tried?